diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6beaefbc..f08e4a33 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # This file is used by clients to check for updates
 
-version 0.2.2
+version 0.2.3
 
diff --git a/mps_youtube/main.py b/mps_youtube/main.py
index 67a0936f..94d697ec 100644
--- a/mps_youtube/main.py
+++ b/mps_youtube/main.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
-__version__ = "0.2.3-dev"
-__notes__ = "Development version"
+__version__ = "0.2.3"
+__notes__ = "released 17 Feb 2015"
 __author__ = "np1"
 __license__ = "GPLv3"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 44f88bd2..fefb106d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="mps-youtube",
-    version="0.2.2",
+    version="0.2.3",
     description="Terminal based YouTube player and downloader",
     keywords=["video", "music", "audio", "youtube", "stream", "download"],
     author="np1",